TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – As part of this year’s regular Legislative session, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has finally signed four new bills into law.
While state lawmakers have been hard at work tackling issues like housing, property taxes and labor rules (among many other proposals), these four laws are relatively lackluster.
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Instead of making substantial changes to state statutes, these laws pave the way for the upcoming abundance of legislation that lawmakers aim to approve.
That being said, many more bills could soon make their way into law, as well. Just last week, state lawmakers began approving various pieces of legislation, which could make their way to DeSantis’ desk in the near future.
Meanwhile, these four laws are as follows:
SB 36 — New Laws
Senate Bill 36 essentially allows any other new laws passed this year will officially become part of the state’s collection of statutes.
The law will take effect on the 60th day after this year’s Legislative Session finally adjourns.
SB 38 — Revising Statutes
Senate Bill 38 replaces some text in state statutes to conform with a law passed last year.
More specifically, last year’s HB 989 renamed the “Division of Investigative and Forensic Services” to the “Division of Criminal Investigations.”
As such, SB 38 replaces all references to the previous moniker under existing state statutes with the new title.
The law will take effect on the 60th day after this year’s Legislative Session finally adjourns.
SB 40 — Clearing Provisions
Senate Bill 40 aims to clean up state statutes by removing provisions that are no longer in effect due to being outdated or repealed in prior years.
The law will take effect on the 60th day after this year’s Legislative Session finally adjourns.
SB 42 — Removing Repetition
Senate Bill 42 requires state officials to remove inconsistencies, redundancies, and other unnecessary repetitions from Florida statutes.
Similar to SB 40, this law doesn’t make any substantive changes to the state statutes; it just cleans them up to avoid clutter or potential confusion.
The law will take effect on the 60th day after this year’s Legislative Session finally adjourns.
